Watertown Woman Assaulted While Walking Home

Man grabbed Watertown woman while she was walking home, forced her into apartment, tore off clothes

WATERTOWN - Police are looking for a man who they say grabbed a woman from behind while she was walking home, forced her into her apartment and then tried to tear off her clothes.

A 30-year old woman was walking home on Buckingham Street at approximately 1:47 a.m. when police said "a white male with no specific accent" grabbed her from behind.

Police said the woman thought the man came from the area of the dumpsters near her apartment and held an object to her back. The man then forced the woman to open her apartment door, tore off her shirt and was attempting to tear off her undergarment when the man was startled by headlights from a vehicle in the parking lot.

The woman told police that the man then ran away.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call 860-945-5200.